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Webster 1913 Edition
Limy
1.
Smeared with, or consisting of, lime; viscous.
“Limy snares.” Spenser.
2.
Containing lime;
as, a
. limy
soil3.
Resembling lime; having the qualities of lime.
Webster 1828 Edition
Limy
LI'MY
,Adj.
1.
Viscous; glutinous; as limy snares.2.
Containing lime; as a limy soil.3.
Resembling lime; having the qualities of lime.Definition 2024
limy
limy
English
Adjective
limy (comparative limier, superlative limiest)
- containing or resembling lime
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 6:
- Limy muds accumulated there as sediments, and entombed the remains of the animals living on the sea-floor.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 6: